Vehicle-wheel.



E. B. KIL LEN.

. VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION rmm JAN. 5, m9.

1,01 ,33 Patented Feb. 6,1912.

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' 1,016,33Q Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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EDWARD BRICE KILLEN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

VEHICLE-WHEEL,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed January 5, 1909. Serial No. 470,885.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD Bnrcn KIL- LEN, of 52 Queen Victoria street,London, England, engineer, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in VehiclelVheels, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to vehicle wheels, more particularly tothe structure of spokes therefor and is designed with especial referenceto that type of wheel used on caissons and heavy trucks.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a spoke, which with thesecuring means therefor effect to mutually reinforce or brace each otherand give to the finished wheel its greatest possible rigidity; andwherein said spokes also constitute the hub proper of the wheel.

Another object which the invention contemplates is the construction of aspoke that may be readily applied to or removed from position in thewheel without unnecessarily disturbing other parts of the wheel.

"In the accompanying drawings the invention is shown in its preferredstructure.

In the different views shown, Figure 1 is a part elevation and partsectional view of a wheel complete, constructed in accordance with thepresent invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken on the lineAA, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the spoke;Fig. 4 is a side elevation and section of the spoke, and Fig. 5 is aside elevation and section of the wedge block.

Referring in detail to the several illustrations, the character Adesignates the wheel tire, and B the felly thereof. Suitably secured tosaid felly B are the spokes C each having its end portion C thereofshaped after the manner of a double arrow head, and cooperating withsaid spokes are a num ber of wedge blocks D each consisting of an arrowhead and a shank portion. The design of-said blocks D is complementaryto that of two of the spoke ends C when the latter parts are inassembled position on the wheel, and in this relation the said spokesections C and filler pieces D cooperate throughout to provide the wheelhub. When in applied position, the members D effect a wedging action onthe several spokes C and thus securely hold the latter parts together.

With the several parts C, C and D secured in the manner above described,the

same are further fastened together by means of the two side clampingplates F, said plates being held secured thereon through the medium ofbolts G which pass through the plates and through the apertures withinthe blocks D.

hat is claimed as new is:

In a wheel, the combination with a tire and felly, of spokes terminatingat their inner ends in a double arrow head, the adjacent inner endsbeing spaced apart, and arrow head shaped wedges constructed to fill thespaces between the inner ends of the spokes and interlock with thedouble arrow heads of the adjacent spokes.

In witness whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BRICE KILLEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN LIDDLE, JOHN TRAIN LIDDLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

